Opposition decries 27th Bill as ‘another 9/11’

ISLAMABAD:

The Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) on Sunday denounced the 27th Amendment as an “assault on the Constitution” and “Pakistan’s 9/11”, as the opposition alliance announced the launch of a nationwide protest campaign to resist “the direct attack on the state’s foundations”.

At a joint press conference in Islamabad, the alliance’s leaders, including nominated opposition leader in the National Assembly Mahmood Khan Achakzai, nominated opposition leader in the Senate Allama Nasir Abbas, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and others, also declared that they would not allow Parliament to function until the amendment was withdrawn.

Achakzai, who heads the alliance, likened the move to a national tragedy. “On a holiday, an assault has been launched on the Constitution. This is Pakistan’s 9